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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Down the River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What practice does Karin take up to help her de-stress?
(a) Tai chi.
(b) Yoga.
(c) Qigong.
(d) Pilates.

2. What is the most common method used to commit suicide by Chinese rural women?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Self-starvation.
(c) Poison by agricultural pesticide.
(d) Stabbing.

3. What is the first glimpse Karin and Mark get of their baby?
(a) A photograph.
(b) They see her through a window.
(c) She is handed to them.
(d) Her footprint.

4. What American icon does Karin see painted on trashcans in Guanzhou?
(a) Wendy.
(b) The Golden Arches.
(c) The Kentucky Fried Colonel.
(d) Barney.

5. What is a regional delicacy in Guangzhou that Karin is told tastes like peanuts?
(a) Fried silkworms.
(b) Fried moths.
(c) Fried mulberry leaves.
(d) Fried grasshoppers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is used by midwives to smother newborn baby girls?

2. During what dynasty is China's family system based on male lineage first laid out?

3. What human tie does Evans call one of the deepest possible?

4. What is the first major hurdle Karin and Mark have to clear in the adoption process?

5. In Adeline Yen Mah's memoir, what does she call a cheap commodity in China?

(see the answer key)

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